Hierapolis in the Heavens
Hierapolis in the Heavens: Studies in the Letter to the Ephesians(The Library of New Testament Studies)

Hierapolis in the Heavens: Studies in the Letter to the Ephesians(The Library of New Testament Studies)


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Hierapolis in the Heavens is a project which brings together several articles and essays Kreitzer has written on the letter to the Ephesians and follows up a new suggestion he first put forward in 1997 as to the setting and provenance of the epistle.   Nothing quite like this has yet been published on Ephesians, particularly as it does offer some important new archaeological, textual and numismatic evidence for scholarly consideration.  The book should also be of interest to social-historians of the first-century world as it argues that the letter we know as Ephesians was written to what was, in effect, a daughter-church of the church in Colossae; some intriguing questions about power-relations between churches such as this are opened up as a result.

Table of Contents:
1. Hierapolis in the Heavens: A New Proposal for Reading the Letter to the Ephesians     2.  Epaphras and Philip: The Undercover Evangelists of Hierapolis     3.  The Plutonium of Hierapolis: A Geographical Solution for the Puzzle of Ephesians  4:9-10    4.  The Descent of Christ into the ‘Lowermost Parts of the Earth' (Ephesians 4:9): Some Numismatic Evidence from Hierapolis     5.  Facing Hades: Images of the God of the Underworld from Hierapolis               6. ‘Crude Language' and ‘Shameful Things Done in Secret' (Ephesians 5:4, 12): Allusions to the Cult of Demeter/Cybele in Hierapolis?     7. Living in the Lycus Valley: Earthquake Imagery in Colossians, Philemon and Ephesians     8.  The Messianic Man of Peace as Temple Builder: Solomonic Imagery in Ephesians 2:13-22    

About the Author :
Larry J Kreitzer is Tutor for Graduates and Tutor of New Testament at Regent's Park College, Oxford.  He also holds a Research Lectureship within the Faculty of Theology in Oxford.  He is the author of several books, including The Letter to the Ephesians (Epworth Commentary, 1997), Pauline Images in Fiction and Film (1999), and Gospel Images in Fiction and Film (2002).

Review :
'This work is well illustrated and accessible ... Kreitzer's approachto Ephesians is well worth considering.' Theological Book Review, Volume 20, No 2, 2008 Mention - International Review of Biblical Studies, vol. 54:2007/08 "larry Kreitzer has written a fresh amd stimulating study that offers a new approach to the interpreataion of Ephesians" Expository Times Vol.119 No.10 2008 "The essays collected in this volume present a stimulating hypothesis concerning the life-setting of Ephesians in a consistent and illuminating way... this volume renders Kreitzer's plausible theory accessible and will contribute to further scholarly advances which certainly cannot ignore this important contribution." Journal for the Study of the New Testament Booklist 2009 "It is useful to find these essays in a single volume. The work is ground-breaking in the way it informs the reader about Christianity in the Lycus Valley, with details from classical literature and numismatics that sheds light on the topography, religious practices, and the relationship between the churches. The author draws our attention to an important area in our study of the New Testament, namely, how insights from religious practices of the ancient world helped to shape or influence the writings and our understanding of the texts. [...] This work is full of insights and concrete evidence and is a must read for students and scholars in the field." - Daniel K. Darko, Review of Biblical Literature, September 2008


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780567045720
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 160
  • Series Title: The Library of New Testament Studies
  • Weight: 458 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0567045722
  • Publisher Date: 01 Nov 2007
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Studies in the Letter to the Ephesians
  • Width: 156 mm


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